No Nonsense pfSense

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Open Source Firewall No Nonsense What Is pfSense? Configuration This Is The End Open SourceBased on FreeBSDBSD licenseCreated in 2004(from m0n0wall)Actively Developed pfSense Embedded Hardware NetGate's m1n1wall Alix.2D3/2D13 Hardware Configuration and Restoration is Easy pfSense is powerful and flexible but doesn't do everything (well) Configured FromWeb Browser! 500MHz AMD Geode256MB RAM4GB Compact Flash3x 10/100 EthernetSerial Port2x USBminiPCI for:wireless cardencryption speedupOther models have fewer ports but cost less Low Power and Rarely Fails! It's all web-based XML Configuration Backups = Easy To Restore Plenty of Online Support Developers offer commercial support (We can help too) Real-time Redundant Sync/Failover is Possible Basic Configuration VPN Clients Apple iOS and Windows VPN client examples OpenVPN for iOS(and Android)now available Changes in Applepolicies resulted innew iOS app inmid-January. Windows OpenVPNManager ClientLogin Screen Lots of hardware options Base is solid, some packages less so, all require hands-on to work (But it's free) (But you can pay for support) by David SzpunarVP of Technology ServicesPC Help Serviceswww.pchservices.comdavid@pchservices.com@dszp Thank You! So? What is it good for? Not Good For? Raw Packet Filtering Working with VLANs Several VPN Types Multiple Internet Connections Reliability Content Filtering Virus and Intrusion Scanning So basically, it's not UTM(Unified Threat Management) Packages help a lot, but they aren't all stable or polished! Packages! What's the catch? But there are Packages you can add! Dashboard FirewallRules